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William Butler Yeats Quotes

It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed at once logical and boundless Picture Quote #1

Evil comes to all us men of imagination wearing as its mask all the virtues Picture Quote #1

Their eyes mid many wrinkles, their eyes, their ancient, glittering eyes, are gay Picture Quote #1

Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love Picture Quote #1

How can those terrified vague fingers push the feathered glory from her loosening thighs? Picture Quote #1

A mermaid found a swimming lad, picked him up for her own, pressed her body to his body, laughed; and plunging down forgot in cruel happiness that even lovers drown Picture Quote #1

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And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings Picture Quote #1

Is it not certain that the creator yawns in earthquake and thunder and other popular displays, but toils in rounding the delicate spiral of a shell? Picture Quote #1

Ecstasy is from the contemplation of things vaster than the individual and imperfectly seen perhaps, by all those that still live Picture Quote #1

All the wild witches, those most notable ladies For all their broom sticks and their tears, Their angry tears, are gone Picture Quote #1

Literature is always personal, always one man's vision of the world, one man's experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready to welcome the visions of others Picture Quote #1

The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed the shadow of shadows looks on the deed alone Picture Quote #1

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The mystical life is at the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write Picture Quote #1

I am still of the opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood sex and the dead Picture Quote #1

Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet Picture Quote #1

How many loved your moments of glad grace, and loved your beauty with love false or true; but one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and loved the sorrows of your changing face Picture Quote #1

I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on a rebirth as something not one's self Picture Quote #1

Now that my ladder's gone, I must lie down where all my ladders start, In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart Picture Quote #1

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Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned By those who are not entirely beautiful Picture Quote #1

One had a lovely face, and two or three had charm, but charm and face were in vain because the mountain grass cannot but keep the form where the mountain hare has lain Picture Quote #1

For he would be thinking of love till the stars had run away and the shadows eaten the moon Picture Quote #1

I kiss you and kiss you, with arms around my own, ah, how shall I miss you, when, dear, you have grown Picture Quote #1

Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet Picture Quote #1

We only believe in those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body Picture Quote #1

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For he comes, the human child! To the waters and the wild with a faery, hand in hand, from a world more full of weeping than he can understand Picture Quote #1

Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh Picture Quote #1

We have fallen in the dreams the ever living breathe on the tarnished mirror of the world, and then smooth out with ivory hands and sigh Picture Quote #1

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue Picture Quote #1

O hiding hair and dewy eyes, I am no more with life and death, my heart upon his warm heart lies, my breath is mixed into his breath Picture Quote #1

Of all the many changing things In dreary dancing past us whirled, To the cracked tune that Chronos sings, Words alone are certain good Picture Quote #1

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It was my first meeting with a philosophy that confirmed my vague speculations and seemed at once logical and boundless (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Evil comes to all us men of imagination wearing as its mask all the virtues (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Their eyes mid many wrinkles, their eyes, their ancient, glittering eyes, are gay (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love (William Butler Yeats Quotes) How can those terrified vague fingers push the feathered glory from her loosening thighs? (William Butler Yeats Quotes) A mermaid found a swimming lad, picked him up for her own, pressed her body to his body, laughed; and plunging down forgot in cruel happiness that even lovers drown (William Butler Yeats Quotes) And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Is it not certain that the creator yawns in earthquake and thunder and other popular displays, but toils in rounding the delicate spiral of a shell? (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Ecstasy is from the contemplation of things vaster than the individual and imperfectly seen perhaps, by all those that still live (William Butler Yeats Quotes) All the wild witches, those most notable ladies For all their broom sticks and their tears, Their angry tears, are gone (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Literature is always personal, always one man's vision of the world, one man's experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready to welcome the visions of others (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed the shadow of shadows looks on the deed alone (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The mystical life is at the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I am still of the opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious mood sex and the dead (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet (William Butler Yeats Quotes) How many loved your moments of glad grace, and loved your beauty with love false or true; but one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and loved the sorrows of your changing face (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on a rebirth as something not one's self (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Now that my ladder's gone, I must lie down where all my ladders start, In the foul rag and bone shop of the heart (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are earned By those who are not entirely beautiful (William Butler Yeats Quotes) One had a lovely face, and two or three had charm, but charm and face were in vain because the mountain grass cannot but keep the form where the mountain hare has lain (William Butler Yeats Quotes) For he would be thinking of love till the stars had run away and the shadows eaten the moon (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I kiss you and kiss you, with arms around my own, ah, how shall I miss you, when, dear, you have grown (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Let us go forth, the tellers of tales, and seize whatever prey the heart long for, and have no fear. Everything exists, everything is true, and the earth is only a little dust under our feet (William Butler Yeats Quotes) We only believe in those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body (William Butler Yeats Quotes) For he comes, the human child! To the waters and the wild with a faery, hand in hand, from a world more full of weeping than he can understand (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Wine enters through the mouth, Love, the eyes. I raise the glass to my mouth, I look at you, I sigh (William Butler Yeats Quotes) We have fallen in the dreams the ever living breathe on the tarnished mirror of the world, and then smooth out with ivory hands and sigh (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue (William Butler Yeats Quotes) O hiding hair and dewy eyes, I am no more with life and death, my heart upon his warm heart lies, my breath is mixed into his breath (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Of all the many changing things In dreary dancing past us whirled, To the cracked tune that Chronos sings, Words alone are certain good (William Butler Yeats Quotes)

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